xi How the Fiery SI works
The Fiery SI Color Server enables you to use your color copier as a networked printer
and scanner. You can use the F iery SI to print final documents or to proof jobs you will
later print on an offset press. You can print to the Fiery SI as you would print to a
LaserWriter or other printer—you select it from the Macintosh Chooser or Windows
Printers dialog box, and then print from within any application.
You can print to the Fiery SI from networked Apple Macintosh computers, from
networked IBM PC or compatible computers running Microsoft Windows, and from
networked UNIX workstations running TCP/IP. In addition, you can use the parallel
port to print directly from a PC.
How the Fiery SI works The Fiery SI is a special-purpose controller that enables you to use a color copier as a
printer by connecting it to networked computers. It also enables you to scan a
document from the copier and work with the scanned image on your computer.
The Fiery SI receives files from computers on your network, processes (RIPs) those
files, and then sends them to the copier’s print engine for printing. Even with the
Fiery SI installed, you can still use your copier to make copies.
Macintosh and PC computers communicate with the Fiery SI by means of a Printer
Driver application. Printer description files enable you to use special features of the
Fiery SI from the Print dialog box.
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